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Mirage :: Mirage (n.) An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen pr

Linen :: Linen (n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..

Signature :: Signature (v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets..

#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc..

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.

Leaf :: Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, es

Hemmer :: Hemmer (n.) A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.

Book :: Book (n.) A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing..

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls..

Register :: Register (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet..

Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card..

Lead :: Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide..

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form..

Chauffer :: Chauffer (n.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top..

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..

Flatting :: Flatting (n.) The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls.

Malleation :: Malleation (n.) The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating..

Mould :: Mould (n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand..

Galley :: Galley (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

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